THE SUPPLIES, BUT NO GUARANTEE ON THE NETFLIX CONNECTION. >> AT LEAST THEY HAVE THE SUPPLIES. JOINED NOW BY A FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT WITH MORE THAN 600 HOURS IN SPACE, 30 HOURS IN SPACE WALKS ALONE. MIKE, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE. WE KNEW THAT THIS WAS A POSSIBILITY. BUT, I MEAN, YOU'RE PLANNING FOR TEN DAYS. NOW THEY WILL COME BACK IN FEBRUARY. WHAT SAY YOU, GOOD DECISION OR NO? >> GIVEN THE SITUATION AND WHAT THEY HAD LEARNED AND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE SPACECRAFT DURING TESTING, THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION. IT WAS ABOUT SAFETY. AND THEY WEIGHED A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THIS, BUT SAFETY WON OUT. THEY WILL STAY UP THERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. STARLINER WILL COME BACK. I THINK IT WILL FLY AGAIN. THEY WILL CHECK IT OUT AND DO MORE TESTING. BUT THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT DECISION. >> YOU HAVE FLOWN TWO MISSIONS. YOU KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS. WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'RE FEELING NOW THAT THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE. NOW THEY KNOW. >> YEAH. IN THAT WAY IT IS A RELIEF BECAUSE NOW THEY KNOW WHAT THE NEW PLAN IS. AT FIRST THEY SAID EIGHT TO TEN DAYS. THEN THEY SAID, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET BACK. THEY'RE DOING MORE TESTING. NOW THEY KNOW AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN ADJUST TO NOT HAVING THEM AROUND FOR THE HOLIDAYS. I THINK IT IS A BIT DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE THEY WILL MISS THEIR FAMILIES, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK IN THE SPACESHIP THEY WANTED TO DO. BUT I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION AND THE SAFETY FACTOR WON OUT HERE. >> I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT THE MENTAL CHALLENGE OF THINKING YOU ARE GOING OUT FOR ONE TIME AND DOING THIS EXTENDED PERIOD. TELL US WHY THE ASTRONAUTS ARE SO WELL EQUIPPED WITH THIS. SONNY IS SOMEONE YOU WOULD WANT TO BE STUCK IN SPACE WITH. >> BOTH OF THEM ARE GREAT PEOPLE. THEY JOINED NASA, WELL, THEY WERE SELECTED A COUPLE YEARS AFTER I WAS, SO I GOT TO WORK WITH THEM FOR MANY YEARS. THEY'RE BOTH WELL-QUALIFIED. THEY PICKED THE RIGHT PICK FOR THIS MISSION. SONNY SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE SPACE STATION, SO HAS BUTCH. SO THEY'RE DOING THEIR ACTIVITIES THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THIS WITH THE NEW CREW ONCE THEY GET JOINED BY THEM. BUT IT IS MORE THEIR ATTITUDE. YOU HAVE CHALLENGES. YOU HAVE TO BE RESILIENT. YOU HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE. AND THAT REALLY DESCRIBES THEM. THEY'RE REALLY DEDICATED TO THEIR JOBS. SO THEY WERE CHOSEN FOR THIS MISSION FOR A REASON AND NOW WE'RE SEEING PART OF THE REASON WHY. >> ROLE MODELS, AREN'T THEY? >> I SAID IT EARLIER. BUT NOW WE KNOW FOR SURE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SEND CARDS. >> I THINK JUST HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND, YOU KNOW, JUST KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PEOPLE TALKING POSITIVELY ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THAT WOULD BE SO MEANINGFUL TO THEM AND TO THE PROGRAM. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. >> AT LEAST THEY'RE DOING